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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 8153483, member: 74863&quot;]I purchased this in October 2015 when it was reintroduced by the Israel Coins and Metals Corp. It’s comes with nice packaging and a small information card. According to the information provided here goes:</p><p><br /></p><p>They certify, in writing, that this is an authentic ancient coin, struck in Jerusalem in 132-130 BCE. It was struck by the Seleucid King Antiochus VII, after he besieging Jerusalem and established his Hellenistic rule in the Judaea, then under the local rule of the Jewish Maccabean leader John Hyrcanus I.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Depicts an inverted anchor, the well known Seleucid dynastic symbol, with Greek inscription “Of King Antiochus, Benefactor” and date.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Depicts a lily, a symbol of Jerusalem, one of the decorations on the capitals of the Jachin and Boaz Columns which stood at the entrance to the First Temple. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Jerusalem Lily Coin was a prototype for the Prutah.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422444[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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